Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March-detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, and readers demanded to know more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (entitled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, although this name derived from the publisher and not from Alcott). It was also successful. The two volumes were issued in 1880 in a single work entitled Little Women. Alcott also wrote two sequels to her popular work, both of which also featured the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Although Little Women was a novel for girls, it differed notably from the current writings for children, especially girls. The novel addressed three major themes: domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity.

Louisa May Alcott grew up in poverty and was educated by several well-known friends of her father such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. She was a dedicated defender of women's rights and towards the end of her life she was also abolitionist. Her best-known work, Little Women, is based on an idealized version of her own family life, and Jo March's character is somewhat autobiographical although, unlike her character, Louisa May Alcott herself never married or had children.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781514640807
ISBN 10	1514640805
Title	Little Women
Author	Louisa May Alcott
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published	2015-06-21
Number of pages	260
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.